Guns ‘N’ Roses (they’re back??) cancel a concert in Vancouver, and a riot breaks out. 10 years ago (August 8 1992 to be precise), a riot broke out after a G’N’R and Metallica show was cut short, and that seemed to mark the start of riot season in Canada. Hockey games were the most common catalyst, win or lose. Since then more attention has been paid to anti-globalization activists, but could this be a new renaissance in the art of the protest against not having anything better to do?
My latest movie pitch could work a riot in. It’s going to star John Cusack and Owen Wilson in a martial arts figure skating movie, and there’s going to be a lot of tropical fruit. It will be called Return of Knight Rider IV.